Remote AVP API Engineer & Tech Architect

Synchrony; Stamford (CT); Remote; USD 115,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Vaccination policy

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Synchrony is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Principal Software Engineer to lead hands-on system design and architecture for consumer bank and credit servicing apps. You will guide multiple agile teams, influence technology choices, and drive a robust CI/CD and modernization roadmap.

The role is remote with occasional in-office engagements; travel may be required. Strong leadership, deep expertise in microservices, cloud platforms and event-driven architecture are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 10+ years of software engineering experience in lieu of degree.
• Minimum 6 years of application development experience.
• Spring Boot and Spring Cloud development background.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

Responsibilities

• Influence agile development teams through all phases of SAFe.
• Architect full‑stack applications with microservices and cloud native patterns.
• Drive CI/CD strategy using Jenkins, Bitbucket and uDeploy.
• Mentor team members and influence across the organization.
• Ensure compliance with Synchrony architecture and security standards.
• Participate in Agile scrums and lead technical sprints.
• Troubleshoot production issues and identify root causes.
• Collaborate with product managers, UX, architects and vendors.

Skills

SAFe

J2EE

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Cloud Native

Microservices

CI/CD

Jenkins

Bitbucket

uDeploy

Pivotal Cloud Foundry

REST APIs

Data Modeling

Production Support

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma/GED with 10 years of experience

Tools

PCF

JIRA

Bitbucket

uDeploy

Splunk

MySQL

SQL

GemFire

Job description

Synchrony is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Principal Software Engineer to lead hands-on system design and architecture for consumer bank and credit servicing apps. You will guide multiple agile teams, influence technology choices, and drive a robust CI/CD and modernization roadmap.

The role is remote with occasional in-office engagements; travel may be required. Strong leadership, deep expertise in microservices, cloud platforms and event-driven architecture are essential.